20 - Friday, August 16, 1991 - North Shore News Timely notes from the environmental front I’M CURRENTLY off on a ‘“‘busman’s_ holiday,’’ a week-long conference for environmental journalists being presented by the University of Western Ontario’s Schoo} of Graduate Journalism. I will, 1 hope, come back hav- ing received an excellent overview on issues such as global warming, water quality, etc., and as one goal of the course is to make the science involved more under- standable to wus thick-headed writer types, 1 will endeavor to pass on as much knowledge as possible. In the meantime, here are some timely notes that have recently crossed my desk. @eeo Unfortunately for those dedicated readers who take their mixed paper for recycling at Van- couver's Paperboard Industries at 85 West Ist St., the company last week announced it will no longer be accepting such material. Due to poor market conditions and an increased quantity of mix- ed paper due to public response, Paperboard will still be taking various sorted papers, but not mixed niaterials. You can drop off sorted cor- rugated cardboard (which can also be taken to the North Shore Transfer Station}, newspapers and high grade office paper, but no longer aliowed are packaging ma- terials such as cereal or shoe boxes, shiny paper, phorie books, magazines or catalogues. As conditions improve Paper- board will be revising its policy. Until then, however, there is nowhere I know of to recommend for -a mixed-paper drop-off. Summer youth festival set for ‘Sunday _ FINALLY, a festival that’s not for the family. Organizers of this Sunday’s Summer Youth Arts Festival want ‘young people to leave their parents at home and come out to the Second Annual Under the Volcano Festival at Cates Park. It’s being billed as a ‘‘celebra- tion of youth creativity and the ability of youth to organize.’ Local bands will mix with tie- dying t-shirts, face painting, sculpture and painting, organic food and poetry readings. The confirmed entertainment line-up includes local rock band Memory Day, ihe eccentric *60s- style Evaporators, the Smugglers, Face Puller, Ngoma, folk-rock band Crimson Seeds, Myk Gor- don, The Indecisives and Ash Tray Baby Head. The rain or shine festival is free. It begins at noon on Aug. 18 and wraps up the same day at 6 p.m It’s being produced by Youth Art Works and the North Shore ¢ Youth Council and is part of the North Vancouver District centen- nial celebrations. The North Shore Arts Commission and North Van- couver Community Arts Council are sponsors. ECOINFO Technically, I can’t suggest the Still Creek Depot in Burnaby as it is supposed to be for Burnaby res- idents only, and Burnaby will also be feeling the pinch as it pays Paperboard to take the - paper away. Pll certainly keep you posted if more options come available. ase Canadian Tire has banded together with Mohawk Oil to help decrease the 10 million litres of used motor oil that are dumped in sewers and landfill sites every year by British Columbians. it’s estimated that 45% of all British Columbians do their own automotive oi! changes. They are now able to take their used motor oil to any one of the Canadian Tire stores in the province. Those returning oil will be given a coupon towards the purchase of Canadian Tir: Motomaster motor oil and asked to sign a log book certifying that the substance being returned only consists of used oil. The oi} collected will be taken to Mohawk Oil for re-refining at its North Van refining plant, the first of its kind in North America. Mohawk Oil has bezn collecting oil at its stations for 12 years, and continues to do so. Mohawk is located at 35! W. 3rd St. and the North Shore Canadian Tire stores on Marine Drive and Main Street in North Vancouver. eee The Save Georgia Sirait Alli- ance (SGSA) needs more escort boats for its second annual Save the Strait marathon on Saturday, Aug. 24. Hundreds of swimmers, canoeists, kayakers and rowers will be making the 29-km crossing from Sechel to Nanaimo. Each swimmer gets an escort boat, as will cach grouping of five canoes and kayaks. Unfortunately, registration will A Salute to Music is the theme for this year’s Pacific National Exhibition. And there's no better way to experience it than to visit the Fair's fantastic feature pavilion —- SoundWaves’91. You'll find a musical world of performers, presentations and participation. imagine walking on the keyboard of a giant electronic synthesizer. Making a video tape of you and your friends singing to pre-recorded instrument tracks. Or creating a song with a musician have to be limited unless more escort boats are found. Needed are experienced skippers with boats having a reliable motor and, preferably, a VHF radio. Boats lacking a VHF radio will be assigned a variety of other tasks, so don’t let that stop you from volunteering. Money raised from the pledges supports the SGSA, which works to educate people about the state of pollution in the Strait and the need to protect the waterway. Participants will tand at Pipers Lagoon, where a day-long beach party is planned, featuring the music of Neo Tribal Vision, children’s activities and other events, Later, marathoners and escorts will go on to Newcastle Island for dinner, entertainment and over- night camping. For morc info, call 247-8670 on Gabriola Island. Doctors informing public with skin cancer clinic TOMORROW IS the last day this summer a group of local dermatologists — dubbed the Mole Patrol — will hold a free skin cancer clinic. The clinic will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 17 at Ambleside Park. More than 500 people have been examined at the skin cancer screening tents that have been set up on Vancouver area beaches throughout the sum- mer and many more have pick- ed up advice and information pamphlets regarding skin pro- tection from the sun's damag- ing rays. Some potentially serious conditions have been identified by the doctors. Skin cancer strikes one in seven Canadians and the number of cases is in- creasing each year. However, with early detec- tion, most skin cancers can be cured, according to the Cana- dian Dermatology Association. For more information, call the cancer hotline at 879-2323. andi his stage full of electronic instruments. How about travelling through the Musical Time Tunnel! arid exploring B.C.’s rich musical heritage? Creating sound effects for an animated film? Watching the computer controlied Waltzing Waters musical fountain and light show? Or just relaxing in the natural sounds of the B.C. wilderness? You can catch all these sounds and sights at SoundWaves ‘91. It’s a great way to end your summer on a high note. . AUG.16-SEPT. 2, 1991